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Hello there! Is everyone having a wonderful Advent season? I took a little blogging break on account of my oral examination for my master’s degree. Now that it’s over and done with (successfully!) and I have caught up on my sleep so that I feel like an actual, real-life person again, I’m going to show… Read More I’m just chilling over here

It’s been a while since I updated on the progress of my sock yarn blanket! This is a project I started way in 2012 and have been adding to faithfully everytime I had some leftovers from knitting a pair of socks. It’s a great way to tackle that leftover stash! (Has yours assumed vast proportions… Read More Neutrals for my Sock Yarn Blanket

My mother always has modern gadgets about five years before I even think about owning one. I’m slow like that. Anyway, it does make for good opportunities for handmade gifts; these gadgets need cozy little homes, after all. I found this e-Reader cover pattern via How About Orange on Craftbuds. It’s a good tutorial, well-written… Read More An IPad Case … Or Not

I’ve been back from Budapest for a few days now, but I basically haven’t been doing anything but sleep and eat since then. I’ve had a wonderful time, met wonderful people and saw wonderful things … there was so much wonderfulness that it was exhausting. Budapest remains my great love and I’ve enjoyed being back… Read More Budapest, My Love

Say hello to Brumm! He came out of retirement temporarily to model for my pictures. Isn’t he quite the gentleman? 60 years old, loved to threads by many generations of children in my family, and still he’s gracious enough to take time from sipping Mai Tais at the beach, finally reading War and Peace (he’s… Read More That time I tried my hand at patchwork

I don’t know what it is lately, but I just don’t feel like knitting. I haven’t touched my needles in months; I thought I’d just ease myself into it with an easy project after such a long break and made a few new patches for my blanket. I’m now at 25 patches and have used… Read More Knitting Fatigue

Confession: I lied. I said the All-Day Beret was the last Christmas present I was going to post, but I lied. Shamelessly. I know! How could I. These Easy Going Potholders were for my former boss. I sort of lost track of them because meeting up with my former boss before Christmas didn’t work out,… Read More Potholders, Gifts, and a Confession

Do you guys sometimes feel like you’re drowning in unfinished projects? ’cause I do. I still have a two shawls, one in alpaca and one in mohair, a cardigan I really really want to finish but never find the time to work on, a dress that’s been waiting patiently in some corner for years and… Read More WIP: Sock yarn blanket, pt. 2, and so many, many other things

This was originally supposed to be a stash-busting project. I had this pink fabric lying around for such a long time I actually forgot for which project I bought it. Then I decided I needed an apron. Then I decided I needed a pretty apron! I barely resisted the temptation to plaster bows and ribbons… Read More Look at my brand new apron!

I’ve been thinking of making a blanket for a while. I live in an old house and it’s sometimes rather cold. Additionally, I’ve collected a lot of left-over sock yarn over the years. So I started this blanket. The garter stitch patches are quite addictive to make, but I’m still not sure if I’ll like… Read More WIP: Sock Yarn Blanket